"We thought that your death would come when fighting in the cause of Allah." He said: "You think that martyrdom only comes when one is killed in the cause of Allah. In that case your martyrs would be few. Being killed in the cause of Allah is martyrdom, dying of an abdominal complaint is martyrdom, being burned to death is martyrdom, drowning is martyrdom, being crushed beneath a falling wall is martyrdom, dying of pleurisy is martyrdom, and the woman who dies along with her fetus is a martyr." A man said: "Are you weeping when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is sitting here?" He said: "Let them be, but if he dies on one should weep for him."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَادَ جَبْرًا فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ سَمِعَ النِّسَاءَ يَبْكِينَ وَيَقُلْنَ كُنَّا نَحْسُبُ وَفَاتَكَ قَتْلاً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ وَمَا تَعُدُّونَ الشَّهَادَةَ إِلاَّ مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ شُهَدَاءَكُمْ إِذًا لَقَلِيلٌ الْقَتْلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْبَطْنُ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْحَرَقُ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْغَرَقُ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْمَغْمُومُ يَعْنِي الْهَدِمَ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْمَجْنُوبُ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْمَرْأَةُ تَمُوتُ بِجُمْعٍ شَهِيدَةٌ قَالَ رَجُلٌ أَتَبْكِينَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَاعِدٌ قَالَ دَعْهُنَّ فَإِذَا وَجَبَ فَلاَ تَبْكِيَنَّ عَلَيْهِ بَاكِيَةٌ  

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited the son of his paternal cousin Jabir al-Ansari and his family began to cry for him. Jabir said to them, "Do not distress the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Let them cry for him as long as he is alive, but when he is washed and shrouded, they should remain silent." Some of them said, "We never thought that your death would occur on your bed until you are killed in the path of Allah with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Is martyrdom only attained by being killed in the path of Allah? Verily, the martyrs of my ummah (Muslim nation) are few. Indeed, being stabbed or dying from the plague is martyrdom, and a pregnant woman dies with her child, that is martyrdom. Burning, drowning, collapse of a building, and death due to a side effect, all of them are martyrdom."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَادَ ابْنَ أَخِي جَبْرَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ فَجَعَلَ أَهْلُهُ يَبْكُونَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ جَبْرٌ لَا تُؤْذُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُنَّ فَلْيَبْكِينَ مَا دَامَ حَيًّا فَإِذَا وَجَبَ فَلْيَسْكُتْنَ» فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ مَا كُنَّا نَرَى أنْ يَكُونَ مَوْتُكَ عَلَى فِرَاشِكَ حَتَّى تُقْتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَوَ مَا الشَّهَادَةُ إِلَّا فِي الْقَتْلِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ؟ إِنَّ شُهَدَاءَ أُمَّتِي إِذَنْ لَقَلِيلٌ إِنَّ الطَّعْنَ وَالطَّاعُونَ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْبَطْنَ شَهَادَةٌ وَالنُّفَسَاءَ بِجُمُعٍ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْحَرَقَ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْغَرَقَ شَهَادَةٌ وَالْهَدْمَ شَهَادَةٌ وذَاتَ الْجَنْبِ شَهَادَةٌ»